Fusiturricula jaquensis explained

Fusiturricula jaquensis, common name the Surinam turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone from Colombia to Northern Brazil.

It has also been found as a fossil in Miocene strata of Venezuela; age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma.^[2]

References

• Tucker . J.K.. 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa. 682. 1–1295. 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532866 on 2016-10-05
2. B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1–221